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AITA for not requesting a first name change to make my parents and family happy?
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It's really not great that they're giving him the illusion of choice, but punishing him by making him feel like are mad at him when he makes the “wrong” choice.
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Having a common “nickname” as a complete full name is a funny experience because instead of shortening your name, people tend to give you longer monikers.
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Adopted 16-year-old refuses to change his first name despite pressure from new family, they cite possible teasing but he stands his ground: "People will expect a more serious name from a grown man"
Weird names are a pretty contentious topic. No parent wants to condemn their child to years of teasing because of a choice that they made. However, I grew up with kids with names I didn't realise were a little "out there"until several years later. I knew a Thor, a girl whose first name was Robinson, and a boy called Charlemagne. I had no idea what a "normal" name was, and as an avid reader, I was constantly going on adventures with fictional characters with first names such as Hermione, Sirius, and Nymphadora, anyway.
In our story today, an adopted teen is pressured by his new family to change his name. They think that it – Wolfie – doesn't fit an adult man, and that he may not be taken seriously in the future because of it. They even attempt to compromise with him by asking him to at least switch his first and middle names around, but our protagonist stands his ground. Scroll down for all the details.